LegalizeS.I. No. 326/1999 - Road Traffic Act, 1994 (Section 17) Regulations, 1999
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In exercise of the powers conferred on the Minister for the Environment and Local Government by sections 3 and 17 of the Road Traffic Act, 1994 (No. 7 of 1994), which powers were delegated to me by the Environment and Local Government (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order, 1997 ( S.I. No. 427 of 1997 ), I, ROBERT MOLLOY, Minister of State at the Department of the Environment and Local Government, hereby make the following Regulations.
1.
These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic Act, 1994, (Section 17) Regulations, 1999.
2.
In these Regulations the “Act of 1994’ means the Road Traffic Act, 1994 .
3.
These Regulations shall come into operation on the 22nd day of October, 1999.
4.
The Statements to be produced, pursuant to section 17 of the Act of 1994, shall be in the form set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
5.
For the purpose of completing the statements referred to in article 4, the member of the Garda Síochána who required the arrested person to provide two specimens of breath shall:—
- (a) prior to the provision of the specimens, input the following information into the apparatus referred to in section 13(1) of the Act of 1994—
- (i) the name and address of the person providing the specimens,
- (ii) the section of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24 of 1961) which it is alleged that the person contravened,
- (iii) his or her name and number, and
- (b) following the automatic production of the statements by the apparatus, sign the said statements.
SCHEDULE Road Traffic Act, 1994, section 17 — statement
APPARATUS:
SERIAL NUMBER:
GARDA SÍOCHÁNA STATION:
TEST NUMBER:
DATE OF START OF TEST:
PERSON WHO PROVIDED SPECIMENS
NAME:
ADDRESS:
ANALYSIS
| TEST | ug/100ml | TIME |
| BLANK | ||
| SIMULATOR CHECK 1 | ||
| BLANK | ||
| BREATH SPECIMEN 1 | ||
| BLANK | ||
| BREATH SPECIMEN 2 | ||
| BLANK | ||
| SIMULATOR CHECK 2 |
The specimen to be taken into account for the purposes of section of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 is specimen above. The concentration of alcohol in the breath for the purposes of that section is microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath.
Member of the Garda Síochána
NAME:
NUMBER:
SIGNATURE..........................
I, the undersigned, hereby acknowledge the receipt of this statement.
............................................................ .........
Signature of person who provided specimens of breath.
| Dated this 20th day of October, 1999. | |
| ROBERT MOLLOY, | |
| Minister of State at the Department of the Environment and Local Government. |
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)
These Regulations prescribe the form of the statements to be produced by an apparatus for determining the concentration of alcohol in the breath pursuant to section 17 of the Road Traffic Act, 1994 and prescribe the manner in which the statements are duly completed by a member of the Garda Síochána.
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